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Funding
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures Wraps Up Pan-African Venture Fund with $60M Closing
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) has announced a final close of US$60 million for its pan-African venture fund, which invests in…
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RecoMed Receives Funding from Japanese Pharmaceutical Company Eisai
South African digital healthcare marketplace startup RecoMed has raised an undisclosed – yet sizeable – amount of funding from the…
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Japan to Strengthen Relations with Nigeria Beyond 2023
The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi has disclosed that his country will further strengthen relations with Nigeria across all…
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Ethiopian Startup, Gebeya, Raises Undisclosed Pre-Series-A Fund
Gebeya, an Ethiopian SaaS-enabled talent marketplace focused on strengthening Africa’s tech talent ecosystem, has acquired an undisclosed pre-series investment. This…
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Japan Accelerator Programme Expands To Kenya
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is expanding its Next Innovation with Japan Accelerator (NINJA) programme to Kenya this year. According to…
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China To Overtake US As World’s Biggest Economy By 2028: Report
China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to…
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Toyota’s Mobility 54 Fund Will Invest $45 Million In African Startups In 2021
African mobility startups may start to prepare themselves ahead of 2021 as leading Japanese vehicle manufacturer, Toyota is set to…
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Inviting African Startups for the NINJA Business Plan Competition in Response to COVID19
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) that coordinates official development assistance for the Japanese government in developing countries, has announced…
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An insight into how Tokyo-based VC, Samurai Incubate Africa, invests in African startups
Samurai Incubate is a Japanese early-stage venture capital firm and incubator. Via its Samurai Incubate Fund, the firm claims to have…
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Japan’s Project NINJA Aims To Support 50 Pre-Seed/Seed-Stage Startups In Ethiopia & Others
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the agency that coordinates official development assistance for the Japanese government in developing countries,…
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